pit“; . FIRST WITHTIE NEWS ” THE E »¢-o-~ »~— VENIN “mug-o rinsesswwsuraa "roomy”! 14‘.‘ ~" “ a Partly cloudy. showers tonight. probabil w, Wednesday, ms; x m fl ESTABLISHED 1870 with:.1'3’.‘l‘;f':i'.f:‘.l§:’:.‘. $123.21.?le SOUTH NOEWALK, count. TUESDAY, JULY 28,1925. PRICE THREE CENTS” ’ 1 rr VI 1010 T l Profound DIYTON. Tenn. July 28.—(AP). 'As the body of William Jennings Bryan lay in simple state at the home of a friend here today. simple people of America paid him sym- pathetic 'tribute. \V'hile others from among their (midst poured messages of condol- ence into the little white cottage which housed the body of the Com- moner. uncounted thousands whose causes he had championed mourned Ia leader, silently. ' Of varying political views. he had found in them a common chord when he came forward as a defender of the inspired bible and revealed reli- gion. Even as news came from “ash- ington that arrangements had been made for burial of their loved lead- er among the nation's heroes. many new penning messages of sympathy to the widow. And when members of the im- mediate family were hurrying across the continent from California and from other western and mid-Western states. these admirers were discuss- ing his virtues in homely phrases. Among the foothills of the Cum- berlands where he had spent the closing days of his career. farmers . paused to talk with neighbors of the 9- man who had passed. Or they laid ' aside their work in orchards. or corn fields, and made their way to Day- ton. where the body this afternoon is . to lie in state. Out of deference to these simple people. Mrs. Bryan. tvho' had expres- sed a desire for an unostentatious funeral service for her husband. postponed arrangements for them to take a last look at his remains. , Their appreciation of this difer. ence was shown today. By foot. astride mules, Jostling behind rude conveyances. and by an- ' tomobile they came. from among the hills. They talked in hushed tones. as they formed an informal parade of honor, which passed down Mar- ket street to the little home in South Dayton. Lightly they stepped as they left the sidewalk and passed up the four cement steps to the grassy lawn where rested the bronze casket. Con. I (Continued on Page Two.) JOHN CAVANAGH EXPECTED BACK IN CITY TODAY John Cavanagh. President of Cro- fut 8-. Knapp will be back in Nor. Walk some time today. He landed in New York this morning on the liner Samaria after a visit to Eu- rope. He was accompanied by his wife‘ and family. An announcement on his political plans. namely Whether he will ac- cept the Democratic nomination for mayor. which it is reported will be offered him. is expected in a few days. ,' The Weather tonight; Unsettled Wednesday lair. .Conditions: The Atlantic coast dis- turbance has advanced to Nova lScotia but unsettled weather pre- . tails this morning in portions of New I England. the Ohio Valley and south- vrstward to Texas. Pressure is high in the interior from the northern 'plains states southwestward to the gulf. A disturbance is forming in the far western portion of the I country between the Rocky Moun- 1 tains and the Pacific coast. Show- 1 era of thunderstorms were quite gen- eral during the past 24 hours in New England. portions of the Ohio Val. ley. lake region and the south cen- tral Mississippi valley oection. also owr widely scattered regions of the wrstern half of the country. Tem- ptiaiurea are somewhat cooler from the Montana-North Dakota border southeastuard to Louisiana but only slight changes have occurred else- where. MILK AND CREAM. vHow important they are indeed. Thule necessities of life—the source from which they come. the parti- cui or care exercised in the handling.t pasteurizlng and bottling and final- is in the delivering of the same to your door—as carried on by The Norwaik Dairy 00.. Is well and cre- ditably done. Office and plant 38 Center avenue. Norwnlk. Phgns inn-spun. Sympathy or Leader’s Widow Natives ComeFrom Over the Hills and Far ’Away to Take Last Look at State’s Cham- pica—Body to Go to Washington Tomor- row for Burial 1n Arlington Cemetery 10,000 Booster Pamphlets Issued Ten thousand folders boosting Norwalk, Connecticut's most prosperous city, are being dis- tributed today. The pamphlets are part of the “Boost Norwalk" campaign con- ducted by local merchants in conjunction with The Evening Sentinel. With the slogan. “One visit to Norwalk will plant the desire to remain." the folder tells briefly of the Boost Norwaik campaign. and lists the merchants who are furthering the effort. One page. under the hcadln “Facts." is devoted to concise statements giving statistics on the City of Norwalk which will prove vaulable to every resident and business man. 11111011 ROOM 3111 110110111 11 1101111111 Purchases Property Adjoining His Store On S. Main Street— To Improve It ' The South Norwalk Lunch prop- erty in South Main street was sold to Louis Udelman. the proprietor of the Paris Shop. this morning. Mr. Udelman. who owns the ad- joining building. purchased the property from Walter Donovan of T. H. Canty and Company. Mr. Donovan yesterday purchased the property from Louis Kontoglanuas. The property has a frontage of 52 1-2 feet on South Main street and with that previously owned by Mr. Udelman it gives him a front- age of 113 1-2 feet on that street. Mr. Udelman will make repairs to the South Norwalk Lunch build- ing. which was recently partially destroyed by fire. He expects to lease the building for a lunch room. The south wing of the building which was used as living quarters will be remodeled and made over into a store. Mr. Udelman has been located in his present business quarters for the past 23 years. He purchased the building in which the stone is located several years ago. IS DISCHARCED FROM HOSPITAL Dominick Mack of 125 Jackson avenue, Long Island City. who was injured on Saturday at Roton Point when he was thrown from the whip. was discharged yesterday from the Norwalk Hospital. Mack. an cxcursionist with a party from the Neptune Meter Com- pany. Long Island City. was thrown from the whip when he attempted to stand up in one of the fast mov- ing cars. ‘ Suddenly in Dr. Lauren M. Allen of 13 Wash- ington street. well known physician of this city. passed away at his sum- mer home in Bell island this morn- ing at 8 o'clock. Dr. Allen, who was in his 03111 year. had been ill of heart trouble for the last six months, the end com- ing rather suddenly today. . He is survived by a wife. Helen B. Alien: one daughter. Mrs. Carl D. Mexcur of Bloomfield: and three grandchildren. No funeral arrange- ments have yet been made. The deceased doctor. who was born in Westport. June 12. 11157. had been engaged in the general practice of his profession since 1880. His education was received in pri- vate schools in Westport. South Nor- walk and Norwalk. also in the Greens Farms Academy and in Col- INVESTIGATE DOCK FOR L I. FERRY ' HERE Representatives of Du- tee W. Flint Co. Visit The Hansen Steam- ship Co. Pier ' PROSPECT GOOD Expected to Reach De- cision Shortly — Ac- companied By Board Of Trade Men . Norwalk may yet have a Terry to Long Island. Representatives of the Dulce W. Flint Company 1 Providence were in this city yesterday looking over the local harbor. They visited the dock of the Han- sen Steamshlp Company in Water street and investigated the wharf- age aceomodations there. At the present time the Hansen Steamship Company has a three year lease on the deck. but in it there ate no provisions to sublease to anyone The matter of subleasing the dock or any part of it for use as a ferry landing would have to be take .up with the owners, It is thought arrangements for this could be made easily. -Those who were here yesterday thought that it would be a good idea. if arrangements could be made to gain an entrance to the dock from Washington street. through the pro- , perty owned by August C. Know and - leased to the Standard Oil company for a gasoline station. The Providence men Were shown the local dock by Frederick C. Mop an and Frederick Kane of the 10. cal Board of Trade. At the present time the Duttee W. Flint Co. has the large ferry the (Continued on Page Two.) HAS HOPE OF . GETTING STATE AID F OR ROADS Commiss i o n e r Mac- d o n aid Believes It Can Be Obtained De- spite Assembly ' BRIDGEPORT, July 28. — Deve- lopment of State roads may be car- ried on despite the action of the General Assembly in appropriating 810.000 for work- of this kind for the coming two years. State High- way Commissioner John A. Mac- donald said on a business visit here yesterday. ‘onu can’t tell what will happen in six months or a year," said the commissioner. in stating that addi- tional funds may be forthcoming for state aid highway work despite the fact that the last general assembly turned down his request for $2,000.- 000 with a paltry $10,000. The road chief was in Bridgeport yesterday discussing this and other matters with City Engineer James A. Mc- Elrcy. Mayor F. William Behrens and Public Works Director Andrew Northey, The commissioner would not re- veal the sources from which he ex- pects to obtain state aid funds but nose unites-ita- l l (Continued on Page Two.) Dr. Lauren M. Allen, 68, Dies. BeH Island Home In October. 1879. he celebrated his first marriage to Katie Charleta Shaf- fer. daughter of James Shaffer of Brooklyn. Dr. Allen practiced for twelve years in Brooklyn. During his lifetime he was affli- inted with the South Norwalk Club. the Algonquin Club of Bridgeport. and the .Norwalk Yacht Club. being commodore of the latter for a num- ber of years. He was a Mason in the Old Well Lodge. No. 108. A. I". and A. M.. But. ler R. A. Chapter, No. 88. and Clin- ton Commandery. No. 8. K. '1‘. lie was subsequently admitted to mem- bership in the Shriners. through Py- ramid Temple. Dr.A Allen was a member of the Connecticut Medul Associatidh and sic of the American Medical Asso- ciation. and for sixteen-years gave faithful and efficient service as pres. in)!» of ice item-i! Emile! stain By Associated Press. "Christ has made of death I narrow. star-lit strip between the companionship of yesterday and the reunion of tomorrow. ”Evolu- tion strikes out the stars and deepens the gloom that enshrouds the tomb." —..——— g “It may be a surprise to your honor and to you gentlemen of the Jury. as it was to me. to learn that Darwin spent three years at Cambridge. studying for the min- istry." “He (Darwin) drags man down to the brute level and then. judg- ing man by brute standards. he questions whether man's mind can be trusted to dealwith God and immortality." .. 0 .____.. "Science has made war so hell- Ish that civilization was about to commit suicide.” "His teachings. and His teach- ings alone. can solve the pro- blems that vex the heart and per- ) o p , . _ High Lights InVSpeech Bryan Prepared for Scopes Trial plex the world." "It (the Scopes trial) is also a renewal of the issue in Pilate's court." “Again force and love meet race to face. and/the question ‘What shall I do with Jesus?‘ must be answered. A bloody. brutal doctrine —— evolution —— de- mands as the rabble did nineteen hundred years ago. that He he crucified.” "Evolution is not truth: it is merely an hypothesis—it is mil- lions of guesses strung together." "Chemistry is an insurmount— 1ble obstacle in the pathof evolu- tion. It is one of the greatest of the sciences: it separates the atoms—isolates them and walls about them. so to speak. If there were in nature a progres- sive force. an eternal urge. che- mistry Would find it. But it is not there. All L.‘ the 93 ori- ginal elements are separate and distinct: they combine in fixed and permanent proportions." it Story of Bryan's address will be found on ~mags two. Post Road. Tells of A hundred foot post read bathroom Norwalk and Dorian. That's the plan of Abram Spence. rreal estate operator of Stamford. who on July 16 acquired a large tract of property bounded by the Pan; road and Flax Hill road. known as Roton Bill. He has already submitted to, the State of Connecticut. an offer to do- nate land it the Highway depart~ ment will malts the turnpike into a boulevard of that width. "Why did I do it?‘ replied Mr. Spelke to a question. "'That's easy 100 Foot Road Between Here and . Stamford Abram Spelke, Owner of Large Tract Facing Plan W.“ ’ 0. 4 Z...’ ito answer. I know what value a wide road is to property owners. I have offered to donate land to the state all along my property for 1.600 feet on the Post road. I believe all the other property owners will do the same if the stlate will accept the offer. . value of Road "Now. is the time to do this—- while the section is unsettled—mot afterwards when the land is all btnlt up. You can't overemphasise the (Continued on Page Two.) NOW A MEMBER OF HOLE IN ONE GOLFERS’ BAND Ray Malkin of 38 Stevens street. has won a lot of honor for himself at the Ridgewood Golf Club in Dan- bury. He made the fifth hole in one, and the whole Country Club was after him to find out how he did it. Playing there in a foursome on Friday he drove the ball for a dis- tance of 128 yards. and very “pret- tily." spectdtors say. the sphere roll- ed right into the hole. As a result. Mr. Malkin was given a round 0f cheers and numerous prizes. His final score was 39: nine holes. He is now a full~iledged member of the “Hoie-ln-one" Club. a. national golf organiution founded for such experts as he. who have made a. hole in one drive. Incidentally. he is the second mem- ber of his family to be thus honored. His father. A. R. lliaikin. prominent First district contractor. was ad- mitted to this organization a few Years ago when he astonished the Weatport Golf Club with a similar achievemen . Frederic mson of the Norwalk Tire and bber Company. and ex- presldent the Norwalk Kiwanis Club. is al a member of the na- tional honorary society for , "8101‘- iously good and gifted golfers." STEALING APPLES Arthur Caldwell of 86 Meadow street reported to the police yel- terday that boys were stealing apples on his property. 66,000 Volts Tin-u Body; Will Live GREENFIELD, Mesa. July 28. —Earl Lingman. a lineman em- ployed by the New England Power company. sustained a shock of 66.000 volts'of electric- ity yesterday and will live. th- sicians at the Warren hospital here. said today. Lingman. on an inspection tour. climbedya high tension tower and touched a cir-, cult which he thought was dead. His clothing was burned off and his body scorched from the neck MANY ATTEND FUNERAL 0F CHAS. SIGSWAY ‘The funeral' of Charleerigsway was largely attended yesterday after- noon. 1 The services were held from the late home at 44 West avenue at two Reformed Church at 2:30 o‘clock. The Rakoci Society. of which Mr. Sigmay was a member. attended in a. body and its members acted as honorary pail bearers. The floral tributes were many. there being three automobiles filled with them in the funeral prdce ion. - The pail bearers were Wi am Hamilton. Steven Novak. James Flynn. Joseph Ciglar. Charles Brew- er and William Carmen. The Rev. Gabriel Dokus and his son Rev. Alexander Dokus of Bay- onne. N. J.. presided at the services. interment was in the family " plot at Riverside cemetery. U. S. ENYOY DIES IN JAPAN TOKYO. July ate—(AR) Addison Bancroft. American Am- bassador to Japan. died this (Wednesday) morning' at Kanti- saws. PROWLER WAS DRUNK; FINED Town Clerk Herbert R. Smith re- ported to the police last night that a man was seen prowling about his Edgar ‘home at 29 West avenue. Officers investigated and found William Jennings of Bridge street. East Norwslk. very much under the influence of liquor. He was taken to the uptown police station where he. spent the night. He was fined 88 in the uptown to the knees. sommma o'clock and from the Hungarian- ZND DISTRICT . “03120000 NEW BOND ISSUE $90,000 of Sum is to Re- place Water Bonds Which Matured on July 1 RESERVOIR Improvementst o the ' District’s W a t e r Supply System Are To Cost $30, 000 ' The 8120.000 bond issue was ap- proved at the meeting of the second district. held last evening in the Council Chambers at the City Hall. A very small number attended the hearing. It was voted to issue 390.000 in bonds to replace the water bonds amounting to that sum. which ma- tured on July 1. A motion that this bond issue be approved of was made by Charles Miller and seconded by Mayor Thomas Robins. The motion passed without a dissenting vote. It was then voted to issue bonds amounting to 830.000 for improve- ments at the local reservoir. Judge William 1". Tammany stat- ed that this amount was to be taken from the 3400.000 bond issue ap- proved by the State Legislature in 1311 for improvements to Second District water and lights. and" Tammany enplained that 350.9 of this 110 issue had W meets the second district water works. At a 12: district meeting. 3300.. 000 of this amount was voted to the second district Light Commissioners for improvements at the lighting plant. but this money was never used. The new issue will be advertised ‘lh the financial journals and bids asked for in the near future. BANDITS GET $30,000 NORTH OF RUBBER Tie Watchman in New York Garage and Es- cap'e With Two Load- ed Trucks NEW YORK, July 28.-—(AP.) Two armed robbers who at first said they were government agents look- ing for contraband liquor early to- day held 11 pand bound a. night watchman in the West Side Com- mercial Garage on West 3511: street. and escaped with two trucks loaded with rubber worth about 830,000. The value of the trucks raised the estimated value of the loot to $50.- 000. AUTO HITS DOG. John Burr of Burritt avenue re- ported to the police last night that while driving his automobile in Bur- ritt avenue he had struck a dog. The animal was uninjured. WEEKLY DANCES. Weekly dances will be held at the Wilton Baseball Grounds by the Wil. ton Baseball Club starting tomorrow evening, according to an announce- ment made this morning by Mana- ger Frank Riley 0 fthe Wilton nine. Insurance Man Run _ , Down in 2nd District‘- " Thomas Day of Hartford Suffers Severe Inju-z ties in Accident to Washington St.--Louid Miller, Driver, Held on Reckless Driving: Charge, Pending His Condition Tire Blows; Rim Injures Policeman Struck by a. tire rim which flew off of an automobile at the corner of Main and Wall streets. Officer Cornelius Sweeney. on duty there at 7:15 last night. rc- ceivcd bad bruises about his legs. lie was taken to his home on 13 Nelson avenue. where he was resting comfortably this morning. George W.‘ Ross of 11 High street. operating a car owned by Mrs. Delia Decker of 1 Mott ave- nue. was turning his car from liialn to Wall street. The right rear tire blew out. shooting the outside rim against Sweeney. He received painful cuts on the legs. He was taken to his home by Ray Studwell. 1111110011 CONTINUES 10 011 11111111 1...: Sage Four More Inches During Night —- Ca- bIeSStrung to Keep It From Failing Following a. sagging of spilcs. 18 inches from the perpendicular yes- terday. the city dock south of the Washington street bridge gave way four more inches this morning. Emergency measures to prevent the cement pier from collapsing were taken at once. and long cables were strung across the filled- in area with which to anchor the dock. The dredge Potomac cannot con- tinue pumping until the dock is se- cured. and will hate to cease tak- ing mud tram in front of the pier. Many o fthe epiles on the founda~ tion proved on investigations this morning to be rotted. Pipes were strung across made-lam] yesterday, so that the mud could be poured where it would exert no further pressure on- the pier. but it was found that the flow interferred with the Firemen‘s Frolic. and covered the road-way to the dump. 111105 0011101 NEAR 1111011 A slight accident occured in front of the Gulf Refining station on West avenue this morning, when a car operated and owned by John Warren of 30 Golden Hill street crashed into an automobile operat- ed by Andrew Sheldon. colored. of this city. Sheldon driving up West avenue is alleged to have stopped suddenly without any warning. Warren driv- ing close behind him was unable to stop quickly enough and hit the Shem/1 car. Little damage was done. Settle- ment will be made out of court. the Yesterday’s ’Rain St. Swithin. is certainly doing his best to keep his promise of 40 daya' rain from July 15. Yesterday's torrents. coupled with lots of electrical disturbances. raised havoc in general with Norwalk's public utilities. Streets and gutters were washed out, trolleys held up. electrical power disrupted. and ov- er sixty telephones put out of order. Everything was soon back on schedule. however. and the South- ern New England Telephone Com- pany reports all wires will be com- plete today—that is. unless St. Swithin comes to bat again this af- terncon. The Connecticut Light and Power company had a busy afternoon. While there was no high wind. light. ning surged all through its circuits. and there was trouble at the Pine street substation. At 3 o‘clock an ex- tra. hegty bolt'nl lithium! ”If! BPJ Storm Ties Up Electric Service and Trolleys a main insulator at that 'station. shutting off the power for an heur. and tying up some of the' trolley service. . On New Canaan avenue the storm did heavy damage. and a main elec- tric line was out of commission for over an hour. New Canaan and Wil- ton suffered heavily, and Norwalk's power was sometimes interrupted by trouble up oward Devon where the main power house is situated. Broad River was heavily hit/by the storm. and the trolley service was held up there for some tim when the torrents of rain washed down sand from Spring Hill over Belden avenue. A Crew of nlen from the barns. equipped with sho- vels. cleared up the tracks, and got the trolleys through. The South Norwalk Electric works ..._.. iWfiflfimfiag-i g Thomas Day of Hartfbrd Is in the. 1. Nerwalk Hospital as the result of ' being struck by an automobile in. Washington street at 12:30 o'clock today. He is suffering from a broken 1.1 and other injuries. He has several - cuts and bruises about the legs and body. but is expected to recover. . Going to Post. Office :2 Day. who is an elderly man and; an insurance inspector for the StageI . Boardmf li‘lre Underwritrcs, was crossing from the south side 00 Washington street to the north. of a point near the office of The Eves ning Sentinel. when he was hit by: ‘ a light automobile truck. driven by. Louis Miller of All View avenue and owned by Stephen Miller. plumber ‘ of Monroe street. " Mr. Day had been in Norwalk till! morning on business and was 1111! e about’to go out for lunch. He was * mos-sing Washington street going “I ‘ the post officen'tv hen the car truck. him. He was thrown under the car and was picked up by several witness“. and rushed to the office of Dr. Francis I. Burnell in South “Fill. street. He was taken from there to the Norualk hospital in an ambu- lance. Didn't See Rim “ Miller stated that he was gold. slow at the time of the accident: that Day stepped out from in front of a car parked at the curb and ' that he did not see him until the car was nearly upon him. He applied his brakes and tried ii avoid the accident but could not . do It. ' Selectman Philip H. Fielding who. was near the scene at the time or the accident conducted an investiga- tion and turned his information over to the police. . Miller wént to the downtown pow ‘ lice station and reported the sect» fcnt. He is being held on the charge pf reckless driving, pending the out- come of Day's injuries. 1011111111111 H is RECOVERING, Badly scarred. each member ,. bearing bad bruises .the Loper fam- ily of Commerce street is today 11-- covering after a bad accident in Torrington on Saturday afternoon when their car turned over in an , ‘ attempt to dodge a. horse and was gon in front of it. Mrs. William Loper. perhaps the most badly injured of the party. '31 in the Norwalk hospital with a bag- iy fractured arm. It was broken 1n two places when the touring cg:- pinned it under its weight. : William Loper today said that tie accident was unavoidable. and con- siders himself lucky for escaping. without any more serious conse- » quences. ' Late News}! wuss $5.000 RACE. ' GOODWOOD, PARK. England, July 2s.—-(AP). P. Nelkes Den.- ance won the Stewards Cup for 1,. 000 sovereigns run here today. Ml" Arthur James' Sunstono was M and \Irs. J. Bancroft‘ s Purple Shad. was third. Twenty-four ran.‘ betting \v as Defiance 20 to l uglin'lt Sunstone 20 to 1 against and Pur- ple Shade 100 to 9 against. u... 2 BOYS ANT) MAN FOUND DEATH, NEW HAVEN. July lit—(An; ' Two boys and a man were long! * dead in a room at the Flu T Hotel here today. after a door . been broken down to gain entrance to the room which they had occur”.- pied since Sunday. They were last seen last night when the man wells to a nearby store to buy some fool. “'ANDA HAWLEY \VEDS. . HOLL\“00D. Calif. Juy 28.39.- (AP’ “ands flawiey. motion pin-1 turc actress. and J. Stuart Wilkin- son. fomier automobile racing drl-L ver. were married here yesterday. CRULLERS YOU'LL LIKE.“— .... ' Mulligan'a Home-made Crullfl re the kind you'll like—becamv hey sic made .from the best of m . terials and melted in Crisco. Tm . ' are tasty. wholesome and always if“ the same. Stores all ov.er this visit;- ity have them for sale. —Adv. NOTICE —All summer hats greatly reddp- ed. Miss Polhemus 61 North I!» St. So. Kuwait-Adv. ‘ . we fin—
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